Hyder Ali, a Mohammedan ruler of Mysore; raised himself to be commander-in-chief of the army; organised it on the French model; unseated the rajah; conquered Calicut, Bednor, and Kananur; waged war successfully against the English and the Mahrattas, and left his kingdom to his son Tippoo Saib (q.v.) (1728-1782).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hydaspes * Hyderabad